(11) Acknowledgement of Receipt of a Patent
or Trademark Application
When early notification of the serial number of newly filed application
papers is desired, a stamped, self-addressed post card should be
submitted with each application. Immediately after the mail has been
opened in the Patent and Trademark Office, the post card will be stamped
with both the receipt date and the serial number, and then returned
to the addressee.
Within recent months, hundreds of cards could not be successfully
returned because of insufficient postage or incomplete or nonexistent
forwarding addresses. Accurate and complete addresses, including ZIP
codes, are necessary to ensure prompt acknowledgement of the receipt of
patent and trademark applications.
To assist in easy identification once the post card has been
returned, it is suggested that the post card include applicant's names
and title of invention.
When more than one set of application papers is filed under one
cover, a return post card should be attached to each set of papers for
which a receipt is desired.
July 19, 1982 THERESA A. BRELSFORD
Acting Assistant Commissioner
for Administration
[1021 OG 96]